And let’s dream ourselves back to the eighties with This Vision again, in the single “Hungry Heart”. Maybe the best track so far from the electro pop duo, hailing from Helsingborg.

This Vision’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

I’ve written about Fredrik Jonasson’s electronica project Silencio Stampa before. The latest album “The Red Album” was released in 2011, but since then he’s also produced a row of singles and EP:s. A new album “Kalejdoskop” was launched in March, an album which I think takes a different route than the ealier music, and which appeals to me even more.

I’m wrapped in warm analogue powerful synth sounds with sweeping, beautiful melodies; music that breathes a lot of seventies’ and eighties’ nostalgia. He also spices things up with two smooth ballads with vocals by Jenny Gabrielsson Mare rand Compute respectively, where you can listen to the last one here below with “The Hours”. A great album and the best so far from Silencio Stampa.

Silencio Stampa’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Bandcamp

Rigas, with Henrik von Euler in the front, released this strong track, “Kungen” (“The King”), some month ago. It’s the second single from the album “Hundra år av vinter” (“Hundred years of winter”), which was released during Spring.

Rigas site – on Spotify – on Wimp

The electro duo Me The Tiger was formed a year ago by Gabriella Åström and Tobias Andersson, and earlier this year they released their debut album “Me The Tiger”. Everything was written and produced in Tobias’ kitchen and Gabriella’s sewing room, but the music doesn’t carry any traces of the small rooms but leaves for the large spaces with a dense, melodic electro pop, with heavy synth sounds and a nice collection of catchy choruses. Listen for yourself here below in a couple of tracks.

Me The Tiger’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud

With an interval of two weeks Adam Tensta released five new songs from December to January, where each song was a collaboration with another Swedish artist. In March he released this song collection as the album “The Undeniable Tape”.

“The Undeniable Tape is a collection of songs that I created during the travels across Europe and Africa. The songs were created along with other Swedish artists, artists for whom I have great respect for. TheUndeniable EP is not really a sequel to my previous album, rather a 6-track tribute to the listeners who’ve kept up with me during my travels. It’s a tribute to the generation of Swedes who are citizens of the world, and it’s first and foremost a tribute to everybody that is listening to my thoughts”

It turns out as a brilliant set of musical meetings, and a lovely mix of styles as he works with Duvchi, Chords, Eboi, Adam Kanyama, Elliphant and David Sandström (Refused) respectively. The best Swedish hip hop there is right now.

Adam Tensta’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud